1963 Zip Code controversy

Monday, August 11th, 2008

August 7, 1963 Ripped from the headlines of the Telegram-Tribune, Zip Code is a hoax! All these years you have been addressing letters, filling in forms and typing in boxes numbers that don't do anything. At least that is the thrust of this semi-humorous article by staff writer Gil Bailey. Zip codes became ...

Six Cent Stamps

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

    THIS IS WHAT YOUR NEW 6-CENT STAMP WILL LOOK LIKE Veteran San Luis Obispo postal clerk Ray Warren shows new stamp design. January 5, 1968 Hang on to your coin purses, first class postal rates just went up 20%. How much you ask? A whopping penny. This was back when there was only one ...